12: Li Chen's death

A new day began, and Chu Yuan stood at the entrance of Class 1, waiting silently.

Not long after, Li Chen walked over from the end of the corridor, surrounded by a few followers.

His expression was indifferent and aloof, giving off the feeling of standing head and shoulders above the rest.

Chu Yuan turned his head to look at him, and Li Chen met his gaze, pulling his lips into a sneer.

He immediately walked to his side and deliberately bumped into him with his shoulder.

"Get lost!"

Chu Yuan sighed inwardly; it was truly very childish...

This kind of person was much easier to deal with than those who were usually gentle and kind but delivered lethal blows at critical moments.

But it was also truly annoying!

He reached out a large hand, pressed his palm onto Li Chen's shoulder, and slowly tightened his grip.

A teeth-gritting sound of bone cracking rang out, and Li Chen's face turned deathly pale in an instant, with bean-sized beads of sweat appearing on his face.

"Was it you who did what happened to my family?"

"You beast... how dare you touch me!?" Li Chen didn't even answer Chu Yuan's question; his eyes were bloodshot as he raised his knee to strike at Chu Yuan's abdomen!

Chu Yuan was somewhat surprised by the strength of his body.

He didn't know if this guy had abundant resources or truly possessed some martial arts talent, but he had actually become a Qi and Blood Realm Martial Artist, just like Yang Yi!

However, it made no difference to him.

Chu Yuan clenched his other hand into a fist and smashed it down with force.

After a crisp sound of bone breaking, Li Chen's right leg twisted into a strange arc!

Just like Zhou Zhe a few days ago.

But he didn't scream like Zhou Zhe; his pride did not allow him to make such a display in front of these ant-like commoners.

Therefore, he just stared at Chu Yuan with intense hatred, as if he wanted to carve this face into the depths of his Soul.

He didn't even speak or utter any threats...

"Actually, I don't understand." Chu Yuan was a bit confused: "I haven't offended you, have I?"

"Heh... scum!"

Crack~

Chu Yuan completely crushed his scapula and threw him down the stairs.

This height wouldn't kill a Qi and Blood Realm Martial Artist, but... it would be very embarrassing.

After finishing all this, Chu Yuan walked back to his class as if nothing had happened.

The surrounding students were deathly silent and silently made a path for him; their gazes toward him were complex, mixed with terror, confusion, and unfamiliarity...

...

Before the Energy Gathering Array was activated, Huang Bo came to the classroom and took a deep look at Chu Yuan.

But he just sighed and ultimately didn't say anything.

Chu Yuan had asked the principal what to do if Li Chen came looking for trouble again.

The principal had said at the time: 'Beat him to death!'

So that was exactly what he was doing now...

Downstairs, Li Chen, who had fallen to the ground, stared fixedly at the teaching building.

The sound of sweeping came, and a Janitor passed by him without even glancing at him.

Likewise, he didn't help him up or ask what had happened.

It was as if he was no different from the other trash on the ground...

Extreme humiliation welled up in Li Chen's heart.

Why!?

A mere commoner!!

Marrow Cleansing? Only those with Impurities accumulated in their bodies needed Marrow Cleansing!

And he, Li Chen, had used only top-tier martial arts resources for everything he consumed since birth!

There had never been any Impurities accumulated in his body!

He had only just started practicing his Cultivation Technique for the sake of 'screening'!

Why did a crappy school in a small city dare to deny him the super-tier support quota!?

Why was it that after this commoner insulted him, his family called to tell him to 'remember why you are there'!?

"Young Master."

A shadow obscured Li Chen's vision.

"Uncle Zhou... kill him! Kill Chu Yuan!"

"Young Master, let's go back and treat your injuries."

Li Chen raged: "I said! I told you to kill him!"

Uncle Zhou silently helped Li Chen up and walked toward the outside of the school.

In front of the window in Qi Da's office, he watched the two figures leaving and rubbed his brow in distress.

But not knowing what he thought of, he suddenly laughed.

...

Chu Yuan was unaffected; he continued to Cultivate, help Yang Yi refine Medicinal Pills, use the Energy Gathering Array, go home to eat, and practice swordplay in the park at night.

But the next morning, as soon as he arrived at school, Qi Da called him to the office.

"Principal, is something the matter?"

Qi Da nodded, looking extremely troubled.

After a moment of silence, he spoke: "Li Chen is dead."

"..." Chu Yuan's expression turned stern, and he straightened his posture slightly.

"When did this happen?"

"Late last night... what were you doing last night?"

"I was..." Chu Yuan suddenly frowned: "Principal, you don't think I did it, do you?"

Qi Da said: "If I also thought you did it, you would be at the Public Security Bureau right now."

"..."

Two videos were sent to his terminal.

Chu Yuan opened them to view; they were two surveillance videos.

The first video seemed to be surveillance from the gate of a villa, where a person wearing a No. 1 High School uniform walked over from a distance and even sneered at the surveillance camera.

This face was extremely familiar to Chu Yuan; it was none other than himself!

But he was 100% certain that he had never been to an area similar to the one in the video!

Chu Yuan was more familiar with the second surveillance video; it was the surveillance at the entrance of his residential complex.

It showed him walking out and returning a few hours later...

Even more coincidentally, the time Chu Yuan left the residential complex overlapped with the time he appeared in the first video!

"The first video is of Li Chen's residence." Qi Da lit a cigarette, took a deep drag, and said gloomily: "The Public Security Bureau has already intervened, but I have temporarily blocked them;"

"I want to hear what you have to say."

"It is clearly a frame-up."

"I also think it's a frame-up, but someone else doesn't think so."

"Who?"

"The Public Security Bureau, and... the Li family!" Qi Da smiled bitterly: "These two surveillance videos are their evidence!"

"Although no one is stupid enough to intentionally expose their face to surveillance before committing murder, what if you were intentionally doing the opposite?"

"Furthermore, in the few days Li Chen has been in Chenyang City, he has only made an enemy of you, so you are the only one with sufficient motive."

Chu Yuan was very calm: "So, what should I do now?"

He was a Cultivator, but he still had a long way to go before becoming invincible;

Resisting the authorities with his current strength was no different from throwing an egg against a rock!

Furthermore, any intelligent individual would not put themselves in a position of being the enemy of the whole world...

"Where exactly were you last night?"

"Practicing swordplay in the park; there is surveillance along the way that can prove my movements."

"Surveillance is something that can be avoided with movement techniques, and those in the Inner Breath Realm can even block it directly..." Qi Da shook his head: "There is another piece of news: Li Chen did not come to Chenyang City alone; he also had an Inner Breath Realm protector by his side;"

"However, he has also gone missing."

Chu Yuan raised his eyebrows: "So, they now not only suspect that I am the murderer, but they also suspect that I have an accomplice above the Inner Breath Realm?"

"That is the case."